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The Duke's Motto A Melodrama By: Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy (1860-1936) |
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A MELODRAMA BY
JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY AUTHOR OF
"SERAPHICA" "IF I WERE KING" "THE PROUD PRINCE"
ETC. ETC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVIII
NOVELS BY
JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY THE GORGEOUS BORGIA. Post 8vo $1.50
SERAPHICA. Post 8vo 1.50
THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Post 8vo 1.50
IF I WERE KING. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
MARJORIE. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
THE DRYAD. Post 8vo 1.50
THE LADY OF LOYALTY HOUSE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE PROUD PRINCE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE FLOWER OF FRANCE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE ILLUSTRIOUS O'HAGAN. Post 8vo 1.50
NEEDLES AND PINS. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y. Published August, 1908.
DÉDICACE
A VICTORIEN SARDOU MAÎTRE, Voilà un mélodrame que j'ai fait, le dernier de plusieurs mélodrames
anglais qui ont Lagardère pour héros. Des mots remplacent l'action, des
mots remplacent le décor, les costumes, et les accessoires; mais enfin ce
pastiche n'est qu'une pièce et non un roman. Je l'ai fait pour Lewis
Waller, acteur romantique s'il en fut, et grandement doué des qualités
qui appartiennent par tradition à Lagardère. J'ai su, il y a longtemps,
grâce à M. Jules Claretie, que vous étiez le vrai createur de ce paladin,
Lagardère, pair de d'Artagnan, pair de Cyrano, pair presque de Roland et
d'Olivier. Et si je ne l'avais pas su, j'aurais pu l'apprendre
dernièrement en lisant ce livre aussi plein de charme que d'érudition,
"Les Anciens Théâtres de Paris" de M. Georges Cain. Mais je crois que
cette vérité est connue de peu de monde dans les pays où se parle la
langue anglaise, que quand on loue "Le Bossu" de Féval on doit aussi
louer "Le Bossu" de Sardou. XIV I. MCMVIII.
CONTENTS I. THE SEVEN DEVILS 1
II. THE THRUST OF NEVERS 13
III. A BUYER OF BLADES 32
IV. THE LITTLE PARISIAN 48
V. THE PARRY TO THE THRUST OF NEVERS 62
VI. THE MOAT OF CAYLUS 73
VII. BROTHERS IN ARMS 82
VIII. THE FIGHT IN THE MOAT 91
IX. THE SCYTHE OF TIME 100
X. A VILLAGE FAIR 108
XI. ÆSOP REDUX 114
XII. FLORA 124
XIII. CONFIDENCES 132
XIV. "I AM HERE!" 139
XV. THE KING'S WORD 152
XVI. SHADOWS 159
XVII. IN THE GARDEN 172
XVIII. THE FACTION OF GONZAGUE 185
XIX. THE HALL OF THE THREE LOUIS 198
XX. A CONFIDENTIAL AGENT 209
XXI. THE PRINCESS DE GONZAGUE 219
XXII. THE FAMILY COUNCIL 225
XXIII. THE KING'S BALL 237
XXIV. THE ROSE COLORED DOMINO 247
XXV. THE GLOVE OF COCARDASSE 257
XXVI. THE REWARD OF ÆSOP 266
XXVII. ÆSOP IN LOVE 278
XXVIII. THE SIGNATURE OF ÆSOP 290
XXIX. THE DEAD SPEAKS 298
I THE SEVEN DEVILS
It was very warm in the inn room, but it was so much warmer outside, in
the waning flames of the late September evening, that the dark room
seemed veritably cool to those who escaped into its shelter from the
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